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Re-Creating Primordial Time : Foundation Rituals and Mythology in the Postclassic Maya Codices.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University Press of Colorado, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (534 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781607322214
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Re-Creating Primordial TimeDDC classification:
  • 299.7/8423
LOC classification:
  • F1435
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction to the Maya Codices -- 2. Mexican Codices and Mythological Traditions -- 3. Mythological Episodes Related in Maya Sources -- 4. World Renewal in the Dresden Codex: The Yearbearer Ceremonies -- 5. Flood Episodes and Crocodilians in the Maya Codices -- 6. Creation Mythology in Reference to Chaak, Chak Chel, and Mars in the Maya Codices -- 7. Creation Mythology in the Dresden Venus Table and Related Almanacs -- 8. Madrid Yearbearer Celebrations and Creation Mythology -- 9. World Renewal Ceremonies in the Madrid Codex -- 10. A Reconsideration of Maya Deities Associated with Creation -- 11. Cosmology in the Maya Codices -- References Cited -- Index.
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Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction to the Maya Codices -- 2. Mexican Codices and Mythological Traditions -- 3. Mythological Episodes Related in Maya Sources -- 4. World Renewal in the Dresden Codex: The Yearbearer Ceremonies -- 5. Flood Episodes and Crocodilians in the Maya Codices -- 6. Creation Mythology in Reference to Chaak, Chak Chel, and Mars in the Maya Codices -- 7. Creation Mythology in the Dresden Venus Table and Related Almanacs -- 8. Madrid Yearbearer Celebrations and Creation Mythology -- 9. World Renewal Ceremonies in the Madrid Codex -- 10. A Reconsideration of Maya Deities Associated with Creation -- 11. Cosmology in the Maya Codices -- References Cited -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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